Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
One-stop Government e-Market Place  is organising ‘Seller Samvad’ in Vijayawada on 16th September 2022
GeM has surpassed milestone of INR 1 Lakh Crore of procurement value, in a single fiscal year of 2021-22
The one-stop Government e-Market Place  – the National Public Procurement Portal is organising ‘Seller Samvad’ across the country to interact with the seller beneficiaries and to make them aware about the new features and functionalities of GeM. These events are scheduled from 14 - 23 September 2022. In Vijayawada, the Seller Samvad is scheduled to be held on 16th September 2022 in the Conference Hall of Press Information Bureau office in CGO Complex, 2nd Floor Auto Nagar.
GeM is an end-to-end online Marketplace for procurement of goods and services. It was launched on August 9, 2016, as part of the vision of the Hon'ble Prime Minister. GeM is known for redefining public procurement and has been able to bring about radical changes in the way procurement was done by Government buyers and public sector undertakings. GeM is contactless, paperless, and cashless and stands on three pillars, viz., efficiency, transparency, and inclusivity.
It is noteworthy that GeM has surpassed the milestone of INR 1 Lakh Crore of procurement value, in a single fiscal year in FY 2021-22. Cumulatively, GeM has facilitated over 1 Crore transactions valued at over INR 2.82 Lakh Crore. This has only been possible with the support of all stakeholders including buyers and sellers across the country.
The buyer base of GeM comprises all Central and State Government departments, Cooperative societies, and public sector undertakings. The heterogeneous nature of GeM’s seller base clearly reflects on the founding pillar of ‘inclusivity’. Starting from the big companies and conglomerates, the seller base includes women entrepreneurs, Self-Help Groups, and MSME sellers from all over the country. Moreover, special provisions have also been created on the GeM portal to ensure a seamless onboarding experience for MSMEs and SHGs. It is worth mentioning that 61 thousand registered Government buyers and 48.6 lakh sellers and service providers speak for the size and scale of GeM operations.
Since its inception, GeM has been steadily growing with new product and service categories being added constantly. Currently, there are about 300 service categories and over 10000+ product categories available on GeM. These categories feature around 44 lakhs catalogues of product and service offerings. Further, GeM is an evolving platform and relentlessly works towards adding new features and functionalities to the portal. In line with this principle, approximately 2000 minor and 460+ major functionalities have been introduced in the last 24 months.
With this as a thought, it is felt that GeM has been able to impact a large set of sellers as stakeholders in India’s public procurement ecosystem. Accordingly, a pan-India ‘Seller Samvad’ has been planned to interact with the GeM sellers and to make them aware about the new GeM features and functionalities that further make it conducive for them to operate on the portal. Through the Samvad, it is also planned to have these sellers speak about their experiences and share the same with others to learn from and get inspired.